PROVIGIL Reviews (MODAFINIL)Average Rating: 3.6 (619 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROVIGIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROVIGIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | schizoaffective (tired from meds) | hypnopompic hallucinations that continued for at least a year after stopping meds. i would wake up in the middle of the night and basically still be dreaming but awake. i would see giant spiders over my bed and freak out. this faded gradually, but not for like a year after discontinuing the med. | did nothing good for me, but gave me terrifying hallucinations that woke me up alomst every night screaming. so bad that my neighbors complained. horrifying. and it didn't go away til like a year after i stopped. | F | 24 | 2 months | 7/21/2007 | 3 | Excessive Sleepiness | Headache first few days, loss of appetite and weight loss, upset stomach if not taken with food, odor in urine, extreme tiredness returns around 4 p.m. | Provigil works for me pretty well during the morning/early afternoon hours although I am having a problem with crashing around 3 p.m. I like Provigil especially because I do not get jittery/irritable as I have on other stimulants (e.g., adderall). I definitely am more awake on Provigil than I would be with nothing, allthough it has not completely cured me my abnormal tiredness. | F | 22 | 2 years | 7/20/2007 | 2 | Fatigue | I have been taking 100mg of Provigil for about 2 weeks. During this time, I have been dealing with headaches, nausea and upset stomach. I honestly don't feel this pill is improving my fatigue. In fact, I feel more tired after taking the pill and feel like I need a nap. | M | 36 | 2 weeks | 7/19/2007 | 3 | night shift worker | Terrible Headaches/migranes, sometimes can hear heart beating in my ears, thought it gave me high blood pressure but I checked and it is normal...My big complaint is the headache, it hurts so bad that I'm afraid to take it tonight while at work...my head still hurts from last nights headache. I think I'll take a 1/2 and see if it still effects me. | I am able to get through a 12 hour night shift without doing the "head-bob" or feeling miserably tired. | F | 38 | 7 days | 7/17/2007 | 2 | Narcolepsy | dizziness, "head rush", headaches, edgy, manic cleaning/organizing attacks | 200 mg in morning, 200 mg at noon. My family complained I wasn't "me". I was intolerant and irritable. I felt like it wasn't working - I was still tired and could sleep whenever I let myself. I felt like I was living in a fog. The cleaning craze was nice. I got pregnant while taking it and immediately stopped taking it. I never started again, that was 4 yrs ago. Now I'm living in a non-medicine induced fog - narcolepsy. | F | 31 | 1 years | 7/16/2007 | 1 | narcolepsy | Severe red rash with hive-like bumps on legs and arms that lasted for a month. Skin on legs turned purple red in certain areas. Left leg swelled. Skin peeled as red bumps subsided. I have become intolerant to heat and have perfuse sweating. Capillaries on lower legs have become more permeable which cause some veins to dilate and I have to wear support socks. My narcolepsy has gotten worse and I am totally exhausted most of the time. | I have never had such a severe reaction to any drug in my entire life. To me Provigil is like taking poison. It may have even permanently damaged my hypothalamus and what else? | M | 65 | 25 days | 7/13/2007 | 3 | Fatigue, Inability to Focus | Only been taking it for about a week and a half, but so far I feel somewhat euphoric during the day. First few days I was fine, but after a few days I have short spells of dizziness and nausea. Kind of makes me feel like I'm watching myself from afar - almost dream-like. Noticed elevated hyper-activity when taken along with energy drink or excessive amounts of caffeine. | Other than the afore-mentioned side effects, I like this pretty well. I can tell it's not as strong as some of the stimulants I've been on before, and it's a totally different feeling, but I feel that it is helping me to focus a little more during the day. Not sure as of now whether the side effects are outweighing the benefits. Will report back later. | F | 19 | 1.5 weeks | 7/5/2007 | 5 | MS | Weird "euphoria" feeling shortly after taking med, upset stomach (occasionally). | This is a lifesaver for lots of MS'ers out there. | F | 35 | 3 years | 6/29/2007 | 5 | major depression, ADD | None | I feel like this is a wonder drug. I have depression which seems to require I take SSRI's, but they cause chronic fatigue. Not only does the Provigil take care of that, it seems to have mood-lifting properties. ADD is practically just a memory--the Provigil does a great job of controlling confusion, brain fog and forgetfulness. No jittery side effects which is great | F | 24 | 4 weeks | 6/24/2007 | 4 | Meripex makes me sleepy | F | 64 | | 6/21/2007 | 4 | Benson's Syndrome | Headache at the third day after starting or stopping. Less appetite. When restarting after a 1-week period without Provigil, noticed some annoying spasms in the eyelid. | Before taking Provigil, Benson's Syndrome had robbed me of energy to the point of falling asleep at work, being in bed before dark and waking tired after 12+ hours in bed. Was also suffering from loss of coordination, balance and muscle weakness to the point of walking with a cane. Suffered from visual disturbances from the syndrome. After 2 weeks, was able to give up the cane and after a month, was able to work without fatigue, restored full mobility and coordination. Most of visual problems have subsided - something of a miracle. Have learned that after 5 days of not taking the drug, all of the previous symptoms return. 200mg per day seems to be a good dose for me, although the initial euphoria and well-being feelings have passed and replaced with feeling absolutely normal. That's good enough for me. | M | 47 | 3 months | 6/21/2007 | 4 | PBC, fatigue, fibro? | No appetite in day time (a good thing!) but hunger when med wears off at end of day. Crash is significant every afternoon about 4 - 5 pm - fatigue and hunger return with a vengance. Been clumsy this past week (3rd week) and have fallen (highly unusual for me) it may be a side-effect??, also notice less tolerance of irritations in my life - increased irritability perhaps? My body seems to adjust to med after a few days/weeks and the positive effects are much less noticeable. Worried about tolerance. Benefits far outweigh the side-effects so far... | I am new to this med - started at 100 mg daily; when effect wore off after a couple days, doc increased it to 200 mg q am. I still wish for the feeling and energy I felt those first few days on med! But still the benefits seem to outweigh the negatives. Felt great - wonderful - new person for first 2-3 days at 100 mg. then effect wore off completely. Increased to 200 mg q am and doing better now. Benefit of no appetite in day time but hunger in eve. Beginning to see strange behavior and less energy than initially - worried about tolerance.. and late appearing side-effects. This med has still greatly improved my life, increased motivation etc. but it is not a cure all. Won't cure fatigue completely.. but it sure does help. Concentration better, mood better, physical activity level greatly increased. | F | 52 | 3 weeks | 6/13/2007 | 2 | HYPERSOMNOLENCE | THE FIRST DAY I WAS ON IT I WOULDN'T STOP TALKING AND WAS HYPER BUT THOUGHT GREAT IT BEATS SLEEPING ALL DAY. THEN 2 DAYS LATER IT STARTED GETTING WORSE I HAD HEADACHES,ANXIETY, FEELING LIKE I HAVE NOT SLEPT IN DAYS, MY BODY WAS SO TIRED AND IRRITABLE. I WAS NOT FOCUSING, MOOD SWINGS IT WAS HORABLE | I FEEL WORSE NOW THEN BEFORE | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 6/8/2007 | 2 | bipolar meds sleepiness/apnea | lightheadedness, vertigo, euphoria after ingestion, crash in late afternoon, accelerated hypomania to mania | fighting side effects to see if time will alleviate | F | 53 | 2 weeks | 6/6/2007 | 1 | Chronic fatigue | Extremely jittery, horible metallic taste in mouth, heavy chest, nervous | This med made me feel absolutely AWFUL! | F | 59 | 30 days | 6/4/2007 | 4 | exhaustion depression lethargy | Initially headaches, some dizziness and a slight euphoric feeling, both of which passed within a month or so. Also I cut the dosage in half from 200mgs to 100. I will add that even after cutting back the dose I am still somewhat "edgier" when I'm tense or stressed, which I watch carefully (and the reason I rated this drug a 4 rather than a 5). | I think Provigil has helped me immensely, particularly in relation to my lack of concentration, exhaustion and lethargy. I believe feeling so tired was because of depression, or perhaps a side effect of it. While the Wellbutrin XL along with therapy helped with the depression, I was still somewhat tired a great deal of the time. When I discussed this with my therapist, she suggested Provigil to me and I did some research on it, particularly in combination with an antidepressant. I expressed a concern to her about taking a cocktail of drugs and told her that if I decided to start with Provigil I would start to eliminate the Wellbutrin and she agreed so long as I did not suffer or become depressed again. At first I found the Provigil taken alone at full strength too much for me. I was hyper and even dizzy. So I resumed the Wellbutrin at full dosage, cut back on the Provigil to half dosage and after some months I'm very slowly eliminating Wellbutrin XL in favor of Provigil. But I | F | 60 | 8 months | 5/29/2007 | 3 | idiopathic hypersomnia-severe | The side effects are the problem. I do have Mitral Valve Prolapse but was recommended to try it anyway. I had jitters and anxiety right away that I was told would subside with time. I could deal with that. I then started having pain in between my shoulder blades that has gotten steadily worse. It is a squeezing, pressure pain with some burning at times. I skipped it one day and the pain was better. When I resumed the pain did too. I was also feeling a "weird" sensation in my chest that progressed to pressure sensations by this past Wed. (I had been taking it about 2 weeks). It got bad enough yesterday that I was considering if I needed to go to the ER and have it checked. I am not going to take anymore until I can talk to my Dr. It is a holiday weekend so that will be a couple of days. | The sad thing is that when I worked up to 1 and a 1/2 tablets I could tell a significant difference in my fatigue. My Epworth score went from 22 to a 12. Today I am tired again not taking it. | F | 37 | 2 weeks | 5/27/2007 | 4 | fatigue | I exercise an hour daily at the Y and yet I am still very tired especially in the afternoon. I take 100 mg. at around 1 and I have energy through the evening. What is important for me, though, is not to take it daily as I did build up a tolerance. I try to take it 2-3 times a week and never 2 days in a row. It really helps prevent fatigue when driving long distances. I am concerned about LONG TERM side effects and I can not find any studies on this topic. | F | 58 | 2 years | 5/26/2007 | 5 | Sjogren's syndrome related Fatigue | Smelly Urine (but when does urine smell wonderful anyway?), Weight loss (needed) due to having the energy to be active again...also the lethargy I had before caused me to instinctively want to eat for energy, and that is gone. Lost 10 lbs in the first 6 weeks (had gained 30 due to inactivity and lethargy). | Didn't give me a caffeine-like high (thankfully). I feel *normal* for the first time in ages. I can do housework and carry on with a normal day like before I had Sjogren's. Occasional days, the fatigue is too much for provigil, but rarely. It's been a miracle for me. | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 5/23/2007 | 4 | excessive daytime sleepiness | jittery, anxiousness, fooot tapping, excess energy | I started taking a sample of Provigil my psychiatrist gave mae after complaining of excessive sleepiness and falling asleep at work which is a problem. I took the sample not in concurant days but when I felt I might need it (long meetings). It worked like a godsend. I was awake but felt normal, not jacked up like I was on a stimulent or excessive caffine, and was not sleepy at all. before, I would leave work early, take a nap at 4pm and not wake till the next morning. I'd lay down for a nap, and be out for 7-8 hours. Now I'm on the first day of a 200mg perscription and I'm very jittery and have a lot of excessive energy, also a dry mouth and a metalic taste in my mouth. I'm concered about the side effects of discontinueing dosages that peoiple have mentioned here. I hope the initial jitteryness wares off, but could also be a side effect in conjunction with anti-depression meds I take | F | 40 | 1 days | 5/18/2007 |